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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 17, 2022 | Morton Casa de Subastas | Mexico City | Subasta de Arte Latinoamericano | 86 | $****** - ****** | Oil landscape |
paintings
96 x 129 cm (37.8 x 50.79 in)
Oil on canvas
Signed
RODOLFO NIETO
(Oaxaca, 1936 - Mexico City, 1985)
Oil landscape, 1974
Signed
Oil on canvas
With Estela Shapiro Gallery and Robert Noortmann Gallery labels.
Rodolfo Nieto was an outstanding artist with strong plastic roots linked to the culture of his land, but with a much more contemporary vision. Between 1953 and 1954 he attended La Esmeralda, where he was Diego Rivera"s assistant and had Juan Soriano and other teachers as a mentor who encouraged him to exhibit collectively. He moved to Paris in the sixties, completely distancing himself from his native indigenous environment, and his artistic influences then grew to an international level. In the so-called city of light, he managed to exhibit in some galleries and museums, highlighting his solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris in 1962; He also participated in the Paris Biennial, winning a prize in 1963. During that time he created his own artistic language, partly influenced by his friendships with Francisco Toledo, Octavio Paz and Julio Cortázar. In 1965 he illustrated Jorge Luis Borges" "Manual de Zoología Fantástica" for Maurice Nadau"s publishing house, which led him to cultivate a later working relationship with Carlos Fuentes and Mario Vargas Llosa.
He returned to Mexico in 1970, already famous and recognized abroad, but not in his country, which caused him great disappointment. It was then that his mind began to wander; however, as time passed his work took a turn and was accepted by Mexican critics. Since then, his work intertwined textures, colors, abstract forms, fusions of animals with humans and themes of nature that created fantastic situations and environments. He was an artist who was characterized by his passion and dedication to painting, always careful to maintain order and cleanliness around him.
He died at the age of 49, cutting short his fruitful career. Today his work is considered of great importance for the history of Mexican art of the 20th century and is included in important public and private collections in Mexico, the United States and various countries in Europe.
"What was interesting about him was the search, the restlessness and the lack of satisfaction he felt with what he did, which is a symptom of undoubted talent. He was an intelligent man, a rare bird." Octavio Paz.
Source consulted: official website of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey www.marco.org.mx
96 x 129 cm
